Ibiza affair, corruption scandals, chancellor resignations – there is hardly a federal president who has had to manage as many government crises as Alexander Van der Bellen in his six-year term.
The former Green Party politician was always seen as a haven of peace in times of political chaos.
Van der Bellen has now announced that he will run for president for a second time.
His victory is considered very likely, only the right-wing populist FPÖ will probably put an opposing candidate into the race.
Who is the man who enjoys such high popularity in Austria?
And where does he want to steer the country in the future?
Interview with Van der Bellen
For this episode of "Inside Austria" we talk to the Federal President himself about how he views the crises of the past six years.
Whether he accuses himself of making mistakes and which accents he wants to set in the future.
In addition, together with our colleagues from STANDARD and SPIEGEL, we are taking stock of Van der Bellen's eventful tenure.
In the weekly podcast “Inside Austria”, SPIEGEL and “Standard” look together at the big and small scandals in Austria.
Together with journalists from both editorial offices, we reconstruct cases and events that move the country.
We look into political abysses, follow the investigations into the cause of Sebastian Kurz and his ÖVP.
And inform about an important Austrian topic of the week.
